Upward trends

Things have continued to improve this week--yeah! Annie is much more "conversant," much more interactive with her toys, and definitely not the sleeping beauty she was last month. She really seems to be trying hard to say things--and seems to understand more of what we're saying to her. I'm sure the vitamins, carnitine, and selenium helped. And I think the ketogenic diet's benefits are kicking in, too. We also titrated one seizure medicine down last weekend, which was the clincher, in my mind--a huge difference. The day after we did that she was much more alert, and the day after that, she was almost back to her old self.

I did notice yesterday, too, that the diet seems to finally be knocking out the frequency of the seizures. I know that everyone's response is different, and often there's an initial good response, and then the seizures come back. But--let's pray that we keep going in the right direction--that the diet works, and that we can get Annie off most, if not all, of her seizure medicines.

Meanwhile, if she keeps feeling well, we're planning to try preschool again this month. The school district has arranged a nurse to be with her, so we're looking forward to that. And, next week, Annie turns five. Time flies.

Jean


He has made everything beautiful in its time. Ecclesiastes 3:11